It won't be long before some genius comes up with a schemeto remotely update your motorcycle's firmware. While you ride.

Then it would be only days before some hacker figures out how to bypasssecurity on the above. The possibilities are scary, such as a 1%er clubkilling a rival outlaw biker's ignition at a critical moment, therebyputting the rider at extreme hazard.

Assassination by remote control. A virtually untraceable crime.

ps. (Even without the Internet something like this happened to me once,when the tilt sensor on my Harley failed just as I was about to makea left turn across oncoming traffic. If the fault had occurred just500 milliseconds later I might not have been here to post this article).

Post by sean_qThen it would be only days before some hacker figures out how to bypasssecurity on the above. The possibilities are scary, such as a 1%er clubkilling a rival outlaw biker's ignition at a critical moment, therebyputting the rider at extreme hazard.Assassination by remote control. A virtually untraceable crime.

Post by sean_qps. (Even without the Internet something like this happened to me once,when the tilt sensor on my Harley failed just as I was about to makea left turn across oncoming traffic. If the fault had occurred just500 milliseconds later I might not have been here to post this article).

Post by sean_qps. (Even without the Internet something like this happened to me once,when the tilt sensor on my Harley failed just as I was about to makea left turn across oncoming traffic. If the fault had occurred just500 milliseconds later I might not have been here to post this article).

Tilt sensor ? Harley ?Is that just in case you try and take it around a corner ?

It seems like an apt name for a component fitted to a mobile pinballtable ;-)

Post by sean_qps. (Even without the Internet something like this happened to me once,when the tilt sensor on my Harley failed just as I was about to makea left turn across oncoming traffic. If the fault had occurred just500 milliseconds later I might not have been here to post this article).

Tilt sensor ? Harley ?Is that just in case you try and take it around a corner ?

It seems like an apt name for a component fitted to a mobile pinballtable ;-)

Post by sean_qps. (Even without the Internet something like this happened to me once,when the tilt sensor on my Harley failed just as I was about to makea left turn across oncoming traffic. If the fault had occurred just500 milliseconds later I might not have been here to post this article).

Tilt sensor ? Harley ?Is that just in case you try and take it around a corner ?

It seems like an apt name for a component fitted to a mobile pinballtable ;-)

Post by sean_qps. (Even without the Internet something like this happened to me once,when the tilt sensor on my Harley failed just as I was about to makea left turn across oncoming traffic. If the fault had occurred just500 milliseconds later I might not have been here to post this article).

Tilt sensor ? Harley ?Is that just in case you try and take it around a corner ?

It seems like an apt name for a component fitted to a mobile pinballtable ;-)

Post by YTC#1Tilt sensor ? Harley ?Is that just in case you try and take it around a corner ?

Not exactly. On curves, Harley Davidson motorcycles are designedto lean slightly in the direction of the road's center of curvature.This is due to a temporary (while turning) horizontal accelerationcombined by a vector addition to the vertical force of gravityto produce a "local vertical" at an angle to the stationary vertical.

You can verify this with a plumb bob while riding in a curve(but keep one hand on the handlebar for safety).

H/D attempted to patent this effect, but the court ruled that sucha fundamental principle of Newtonian Physics was already in the publicdomain due to bicycles having previously used it as well.

But the MoCo didn't give up so easily. It wasn't long before it waspublicly announced that "Buell owns the corners". Since H/D hadalready acquired Buell, this was in effect a claim on the land titlesto all corners. The next step would have been to require that allHighway Authorities in the Free World should re-engineer every curvedstretch of road to H/D's specifications.

To the best of my knowledge, this legal action is on hold pendingthe outcome of a dispute over ownership of the corners betweenErik Buell Racing LLC and H/D which discontinued the Buell product linein 2009.

Post by sean_qH/D attempted to patent this effect, but the court ruled that sucha fundamental principle of Newtonian Physics was already in the publicdomain due to bicycles having previously used it as well.

Post by sean_qNot exactly. On curves, Harley Davidson motorcycles are designedto lean slightly in the direction of the road's center of curvature.This is due to a temporary (while turning) horizontal accelerationcombined by a vector addition to the vertical force of gravityto produce a "local vertical" at an angle to the stationary vertical.

Sure it's not just to do with the horribly out of centre of massgearbox unit?Anyway, camber shims, as long since patented by Rudge, would havecured that.